Rikken Teiseito

The Rikken Teiseito, also known as the Constitutional Imperial Rule Party or simply as Teiseito, was a short-lived conservative political party in Japan which existed from 1882 to 1883. It was founded by a number of bureaucrats and conservative journalists to support the Meiji oligarchy, and it advocated a constitutional monarchy, an electoral franchise based on adult male property holders, and restrictions on freedom of speech and assembly. It disbanded in 1883.